(Washington, DC) — The man who attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 is being released from a psychiatric hospital.
A federal judge ruled this morning that John Hinckley Jr. no longer poses a threat to himself or the public.
After 35 years of hospital treatment in Washington, DC, Hinckley will be free to live full-time with his mother in Virginia as soon as August 5th. The 61-year-old will still be under monitoring, but that could be removed within the next two years if he complies with the court orders.
Hinckley wounded Reagan, press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a D.C. police officer. Brady was left paralyzed and became a gun control advocate before he died two years ago.
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